Bernardo O'Higgins
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Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean military officer, statesman and a major leader of Chile's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire. He was the second Supreme Director of
Portrait by José Gil de Castro
Ambrosio O'Higgins, Bernardo's father, whom he never met
José Miguel Carrera, with whom O'Higgins had an ongoing feud
O'Higgins' Charge at the Battle of Rancagua
O'Higgins family
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O'Higgins is an Irish noble family. Its Ballynary line is descended from Shean Duff O'Higgins, Gaelic Baron of Ballynary, who was married to a daughter of the royal family of O'Conor at Ballintuber Ca
Bernardo O'Higgins
…Widespread discontent forced his resignation in 1823, after which he went into exile in Peru, where he died in 1842. Bernardo O'Higgins, a member of the O'Higgins family, was born in the Chilean city of Chillán in 1778, the illegitimate son of Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno, a Spanish officer born in County…
Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno.
Pedro Demetrio O'Higgins Puga (1818-1868), Chilean Politician and Entrepreneur.
Arms of Sir John Higgins of Montoge Bt,(Athlone Pursuivant of Arms, 1724).